Are bloggers dorks?
Are bloggers dorks, nerds, geeks, nebs, plebs? Are we social misfits, outsiders, outcasts, unwanted, unloved? Do we hide in an unreal world, making cyberfriends, having blogaffairs as a result of our inability to make real friends and exist in normal society?
Or are we popular, sociable, friendly, outgoing, active people? Is this just a creative outlet, sometimes anonymous, often not, to rant and rave, to write and react? Not just the source of our friendships, illicit relationships and conversations that we couldn't have on the outside.
Maybe we are somewhere in between?
I rate myself as very popular and highly sociable and I think others view me that way too. How do you rate yourself? How do others view you? Where are you on the blognerd scale?
TRK
posted by TRK @ 12:40 AM
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22 Comments:
So basically YOU are worried that YOU are a nerd cos you have a blog.
TRK: We need an orange blog to continue the one that cycled off the page...
Happy Jerusalem Conquest Day!
Peace,
Jameel.
I know I'm a drama nerd. I used to be President of the Stern College Dramatics Society. I love it. What's so bad about being a nerd or geek anyway? They end up being the most successful and popular people. I have no plans to stop being a nerd.
-OC
OC: I was President of the YC CompuSci society, and still got an "A" in Prof. Beukas' Speech Class. He said I would fail the class, since Nerds aren't capable of public speaking, but I think he was only goading me to do well.
beukas was all talk..he told everyone they would fail, but i dont he ever gave a grade lower then a B..the man had his issues with telling the truth, and what not, but he did oiut good grades
TRK- i think it depends on when and how much you blog..I usually blog during work to pass tiem when I'm bored, so it doesnt effect me socailly. However if you're blogging interferes with real life, and you have constantly check up on it, then you may have social issues
shu or nat: In the 80's, a debating team (final speech of the term) arrived as per his instructions (wearing jackets and ties)...yet nothing else (except boxers). He made the give their entire debate as they were. Then he failed them.
thats awesome
TRK, I don't know why you would even suggest such a thing.
I find blogging to be, lulei demistafina, the perfect vehicle for someone who (a) has something to say, (b) has the requisite communication skills, but (c) lacks the availibility to do this sort of thing professionally.
I know for me blogging is perfect; it introduces me to new people (sort of. Who are you really?), gives me insight to real life issues, and sharpens my thinking.
This ain't some Star Wars fan club. This is real!
i agree with cloojew, and i started blogging because i got bored in school this year, it gives me something to do in class.
Different people have different resons to blog, hence different blogs and different personalities come across.
TRK - you didn't answer it yourself - where do YOU think you fit on the (in your own words): blog nerd scale?
I hated Beukas. I didn't have him or anything, but he put down SCDS, Stern, and women in general all the time. Jam, did he also give credit for going to his plays? He does that now.
-OC
thanks everyone for your comments. very interesting.
anon, I don't consider myself a nerd in any way, and said so.
Jameel, working on the disengagement summary. Have a good YY.
OC, you really believe nerds become the most succesful? really? anyone else agree?
Kiki, I never said you ARE a dork :-)
Jameel, Shu/Nat and OC, please keep your comments about professor bupkis to your own blogs (kidding)
Lost99, thanks for the honesty. It's good to meet a happy dork!
TW, what town you in? We'll have a blog whip-round to find u some friends.
Ghetto, great point. I agree the blogging can be a positive force or an addictive negative one. Happy equilibrium where are thou?
CJ, but r u a dork? fess up
Chai18, you too
a.n. other, I did answer it in my post and above. what about you?
There's still a few of you who haven't answered yet (you know who you are)
TRK
Being a non-blogger, I can't comment on my nerdiness, or lack of it. But on the whole, I get the impression that most people use blogging as an outlet, whether creative or emotional.
Of course, there are those who crave the attention they get from blogging, the response and recognition that they may not receive in the real world. And that might not be such a bad thing, if they actually have something worthwhile to say. The anonomosity of the blogworld enables us to speak our minds, without having to fear the repurcussions. I think blogging is a healthy outlet, as long as it doesn't take over...
(Of course, it's also easy to be 'someone else' online, to only reveal that which you are happy with. Maybe if I met some bloggers in real time, I'd change my tune... I wonder...:)
no TRK I'm not a dork, i started blogging because i got bored in class and now I'm hooked
strange posting right after chai, we share such similar names.
do I detect a trend?
no, were just bored
Well I would post a comment, but you keep deleting me!
For the record. I'm not a dork. Last I checked. Or maybe I am. Who cares anyway?
I think each of us has totally different perceptions of what a nerd is. If someone comes up with a working definition I doubt anyone else would agree with them.
As far as whether I am a nerd, I can say with certainty that I think I am and I love it. What others may think is up to them.
“dorks, nerds, geeks, nebs, plebs? Are we social misfits, outsiders, outcasts, unwanted, unloved?”
sounds to good not to want to be part of it!!!
I believe we bloggers as a whole are on average more on the nerdy side than an actual nerd, more like in the 85% tile if there would be an SAT/IQ test to find out who is a nerd.
A real geek techie wouldn't be caught dead on blogspot. They'd make they're own unique site with cool computer graphics.
So, no. I say most of us have lives but don't get to express ourselves the way we can in our blogs in everyday life. And yes, most of us don't fit into the cookie cutter for one reason or another - that's part of what makes blogging highly interesting.
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